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Holstein nets $265,000 at Alberta sale

Barbara Duckworth
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Barbara Duckworth
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Published: July 9, 2013

This Holstein heifer born in September 2012 sold for $265,000 at the Rocky Mountain Holsteins sale held July 9 at the farm at Cochrane, Alta. The buyer was Jim Stanton of Ilderton, Ont. Stanton also bought a full sister to this female for $95,000. | Barbara Duckworth photo
This Holstein heifer born in September 2012 sold for $265,000 at the Rocky Mountain Holsteins sale held July 9 at the farm at Cochrane, Alta. The buyer was Jim Stanton of Ilderton, Ont. Stanton also bought a full sister to this female for $95,000. | Barbara Duckworth photo

COCHRANE, Alta. — A young dairy heifer born last fall has sold for $265,000 at the Rocky Mountain Holstein sale today.

Jim Stanton of Ilderton, Ont., liked this young female named Rockymountain Uno Cheyanne so much he bought her full sister, Rockymountain Uno Clarisa for $95,000.

Live cattle, embryos and a charity lot were on offer. The charity lot of five embryos earned $15,600 with the proceeds donated to the Shriners’ Children’s Hospital.

This Holstein heifer born in September 2012 sold for $265,000 at the Rocky Mountain Holsteins sale held July 9 at the farm at Cochrane, Alta. The buyer was Jim Stanton of Ilderton, Ont. Stanton also bought a full sister to this female for $95,000. | Barbara Duckworth photo
This Holstein heifer born in September 2012 sold for $265,000 at the Rocky Mountain Holsteins sale held July 9 at the farm at Cochrane, Alta. The buyer was Jim Stanton of Ilderton, Ont. Stanton also bought a full sister to this female for $95,000. | Barbara Duckworth photo

The two were among more than 100 lots on offer at the Cochrane farm where partners Doug Blair, David Chalack and Glenn Hockley have been raising Holsteins for 10 years.

The sale was a dispersal as Blair has decided to retire.

The farm will continue with Chalack and Hockley to become Rocky Mountain 2.

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Barbara Duckworth

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Barbara Duckworth has covered many livestock shows and conferences across the continent since 1988. Duckworth had graduated from Lethbridge College’s journalism program in 1974, later earning a degree in communications from the University of Calgary. Duckworth won many awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Association, American Agricultural Editors Association, the North American Agricultural Journalists and the International Agriculture Journalists Association.

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